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Elisabeth D. de Fontenay
Karl W. Leo Distinguished Professor of Law
School of Law
defontenay@law.duke.edu
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Selected Publications
The Credit Markets Go Dark
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Yale Law Journal
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2024
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Corporate Governance and the Rise of the Private Markets
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2024
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The Dry Powder Problem
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2024
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The Use of Debt in Corporate Finance
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2023
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Side Letter Governance
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Washington University Law Review
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2023
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The Value of M&A Drafting
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2023
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Law and Courts in an Age of Debt
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University of Pennsylvania Law Review
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2023
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Research Handbook on the Structure of Private Equity and Venture Capital
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2023
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Norms, Law, and Contract in the Loan Market
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Loans Magazine
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2021
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The $900 Million Mistake: In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 16, 2021)
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Capital Markets Law Journal
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2021
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“CFIUS: A Primer” (Everyone Needs to Be Aware of the Growing Importance of This Major National Security Tool!)
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Lawfire
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2021
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The New Public/Private Equilibrium and the Regulation of Public Companies
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Columbia Business Law Review
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2021
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Complete Contracts in Finance
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Wisconsin Law Review
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2020
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The Sovereign-Debt Listing Puzzle
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Oxford Economic Papers
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2019
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Is There a First-Drafter Advantage in M&A?
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California Law Review
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2019
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Contractual Complexity in Debt Agreements: The Case of EBITDA
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2019
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Private Equity’s Governance Advantage: A Requiem
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Boston University Law Review
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2019
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Written Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, “Examining Private Market Exemptions as a Barrier to IPOs and Retail Investment
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2019
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The Myth of the Ideal Investor
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Seattle University Law Review
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2018
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Individual Autonomy in Corporate Law
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Harvard Business Law Review
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2018
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The Credit Markets Go Dark
Journal Article
Yale Law Journal
·
2024
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Corporate Governance and the Rise of the Private Markets
Journal Article
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2024
Cite
The Dry Powder Problem
Journal Article
·
2024
Cite
The Use of Debt in Corporate Finance
Chapter
·
2023
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Cite
Side Letter Governance
Journal Article
Washington University Law Review
·
2023
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The Value of M&A Drafting
Journal Article
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2023
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Law and Courts in an Age of Debt
Journal Article
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
·
2023
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Research Handbook on the Structure of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Book
·
2023
Cite
Norms, Law, and Contract in the Loan Market
Journal Article
Loans Magazine
·
2021
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Cite
The $900 Million Mistake: In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 16, 2021)
Journal Article
Capital Markets Law Journal
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2021
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Cite
“CFIUS: A Primer” (Everyone Needs to Be Aware of the Growing Importance of This Major National Security Tool!)
Other
Lawfire
·
2021
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Cite
The New Public/Private Equilibrium and the Regulation of Public Companies
Journal Article
Columbia Business Law Review
·
2021
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Cite
Complete Contracts in Finance
Journal Article
Wisconsin Law Review
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2020
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Cite
The Sovereign-Debt Listing Puzzle
Journal Article
Oxford Economic Papers
·
2019
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Is There a First-Drafter Advantage in M&A?
Journal Article
California Law Review
·
2019
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Cite
Contractual Complexity in Debt Agreements: The Case of EBITDA
Journal Article
·
2019
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Cite
Private Equity’s Governance Advantage: A Requiem
Journal Article
Boston University Law Review
·
2019
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Written Testimony Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets, “Examining Private Market Exemptions as a Barrier to IPOs and Retail Investment
Report
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2019
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The Myth of the Ideal Investor
Journal Article
Seattle University Law Review
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2018
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Individual Autonomy in Corporate Law
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Harvard Business Law Review
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2018
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Pricing Sovereign Debt: Foreign Versus Local Parameters
Journal Article
European Financial Management
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2018
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The Deregulation of Private Capital and the Decline of the Public Company
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Hastings Law Journal
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2017
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Market Information and the Elite Law Firm
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2017
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Agency Costs in Law-Firm Selection: Are Companies Under-Spending on Counsel?
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Capital Markets Law Journal
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2016
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The Deregulation of Private Capital and the Decline of the Public Company
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2016
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The Last Days of Stock Exchange Listings for Sovereign Bonds?
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FinReg Blog
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2016
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Why (and Where) do Sovereign Issuers List? A Historical and Empirical Analysis
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2016
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Law Firm Selection and the Value of Transactional Lawyering
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Journal of Corporation Law
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2015
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Private Equity Firms as Gatekeepers
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Review of Banking & Financial Law
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2014
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Do the Securities Laws Matter? The Rise of the Leveraged Loan Market
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Journal of Corporation Law
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2014
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Putting the Securities Laws to the Test: The Long-Standing Approach to Federal Securities Regulation is Not Working
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Regulation
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2014
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